Joomla has been a little frustrating. I do not have exact control over everything quite yet. I hope to have it go live pretty soon though.
I have been on a lego animation kick of late. There are many animators out there that so it much better than I. But there was learning in the process, so I am a better editor now for it. And I have shed many tears of laughter.
Used an audio track from Creative Commons on the last Twinstar flight vid. That worked out well. I want to try and use only copy-audio material that i have permission to use. It is really tempting though to use Lady Gaga music. Perhaps I shall try and contact her label.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Joomla
I decided to port this site over to using joomla. Joomla is a good content manager and I can use it to set up stories to run over a certain interval and then automatically move to another page when time is up. This way I won't have to edit the page so much, I just have to learn how to use joomla. My nephew Elliot was very nice to host it on his server for me.
KingZilla had to be put on hold again. 1) I started building the TwinStarII and it was hogging the workspace. 2) I found another major problem besides the broken ball on the Esky CNC blade grip. The GuruZ frame for the heli with CNC head was completely severed behind the motor mount. Argh.
The Twinstart II build vid is sort of comical. In the end it flew absolutely great! After two days and about 6 flights I can say that this plane is exactly what i wanted. Takes off slow from a hand launch, climbs out great, glides wonderfully slow, can perform aerobatics and fly fast also, and I can land it in a relatively small area by circling slowly.
Next week I think the speaker mod is comming out, then the external lighting project.
KingZilla had to be put on hold again. 1) I started building the TwinStarII and it was hogging the workspace. 2) I found another major problem besides the broken ball on the Esky CNC blade grip. The GuruZ frame for the heli with CNC head was completely severed behind the motor mount. Argh.
The Twinstart II build vid is sort of comical. In the end it flew absolutely great! After two days and about 6 flights I can say that this plane is exactly what i wanted. Takes off slow from a hand launch, climbs out great, glides wonderfully slow, can perform aerobatics and fly fast also, and I can land it in a relatively small area by circling slowly.
Next week I think the speaker mod is comming out, then the external lighting project.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
KingZilla comming out of retirement!
Built part of the TwinStar II tonight. Got tubes in and rudder and elevator servos glued into main body. I need servo extension wires before I glue the body halves together.
I am doing a build vid, but admittedly build vids are not my thing. There are many people doing build vids. I do not want to be known for this. I want to be known for inventions and modifications and experimentation and helping people learn to fly. So really, I am just trying to get this plane off my heli table so i can fire up the KingZilla again and figure out why it is such a misfit. I don't think it will fly, but I would like to understand exactly why not!
I think the TwinStar will be a plane that I will like to fly for a long time. Not just a stepping stone. I am excited for it to fly. Something to relax and fly when I maybe don't want the adrenaline rush of a heli for a minute.
I am doing a build vid, but admittedly build vids are not my thing. There are many people doing build vids. I do not want to be known for this. I want to be known for inventions and modifications and experimentation and helping people learn to fly. So really, I am just trying to get this plane off my heli table so i can fire up the KingZilla again and figure out why it is such a misfit. I don't think it will fly, but I would like to understand exactly why not!
I think the TwinStar will be a plane that I will like to fly for a long time. Not just a stepping stone. I am excited for it to fly. Something to relax and fly when I maybe don't want the adrenaline rush of a heli for a minute.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Major decision here.
Decided to make the site add free for at least 3 months. There may be an ad still on this blog page, and on the YouTube videos, but the main site http://wwwiheartheli.com/ will be add free.
I would like more people to be able to find the main site through forum links, but many forums do not allow links to sites that sell parts and which might compete with their revenue plan.
So, in an effort to encourage new viewers, there are now no adds on the site.
I may make another site with the free shipping add for X-heli so I can link to it. I really believe this is a helpful add so you can get a little break if ordering a new helicopter. So, it will be like - "Go to this site to find a coupon for free shipping when buying your next helicopter" or something. Is that deceptive advertising?
I would like more people to be able to find the main site through forum links, but many forums do not allow links to sites that sell parts and which might compete with their revenue plan.
So, in an effort to encourage new viewers, there are now no adds on the site.
I may make another site with the free shipping add for X-heli so I can link to it. I really believe this is a helpful add so you can get a little break if ordering a new helicopter. So, it will be like - "Go to this site to find a coupon for free shipping when buying your next helicopter" or something. Is that deceptive advertising?
Friday, February 6, 2009
Geez, can't a site get a minute?
I bought my Monster Funnoodle at Wal-Mart and plan to get another and make numerous silly things with it this year. So I thought a link on the site to Wallmart where you could order one would be a reasonable thing. Now I know a lot of people are against supporting Wal-Mart, but I thought I would give it a go anyway. I was able to get set up as an affililate but is was short lived. Here is the activity
Jan 30:
Congratulations! We are pleased to welcome you into the Walmart.com Affiliate Program! As always, we're committed to bringing you and your customers a wide assortment of the products you want most, all at Every Day Low Prices. I put up a link in the side bar the next day.
Feb 03:
Walmart.com has decided to temporarily remove you from their Affiliate Program due to no click activity 10/1/09-02/02/09.
Apparently if no clicks in 2 days you get the boot! Geez, can't a site get a minute?
I stopped by the big box the other day and they are not carrying the noodles now that it is winter, so I went online and could not find them either at the Wal-Mart e-store. You can get them throught the Amazon link I have already so f Wal-Mart!
Jan 30:
Congratulations! We are pleased to welcome you into the Walmart.com Affiliate Program! As always, we're committed to bringing you and your customers a wide assortment of the products you want most, all at Every Day Low Prices. I put up a link in the side bar the next day.
Feb 03:
Walmart.com has decided to temporarily remove you from their Affiliate Program due to no click activity 10/1/09-02/02/09.
Apparently if no clicks in 2 days you get the boot! Geez, can't a site get a minute?
I stopped by the big box the other day and they are not carrying the noodles now that it is winter, so I went online and could not find them either at the Wal-Mart e-store. You can get them throught the Amazon link I have already so f Wal-Mart!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
the fun continues
I added a new page to add Funny Stuff that i find on the forums or make up. I added the heli to the pic of the babes. Since it adds humor it is not a copyright infringment, it is free speech!
Then I did a google search for "can you spot the heli in this picture?" and four of the top 6 returns were really cool. One was a contest to find black helicopters from combing Google Earth! One was a tour of a helicopter manufacturing plant. One was a great article on balancing your helicopter for smooth flight. And one was a great explaination of how helicopters work with huge great pictures of a Sikorsky tilt-rotor prototype, a US Navy Seahawk and Navy Osprey. So I added the links as Cool Links of the Week and made an archive page for them so I can rotate them out each week and add new ones.
Not much, but the fun continues. Oh yea, Gimbal was jazzed that I wanted to feature his stuff. OMG, how could I not!
Then I did a google search for "can you spot the heli in this picture?" and four of the top 6 returns were really cool. One was a contest to find black helicopters from combing Google Earth! One was a tour of a helicopter manufacturing plant. One was a great article on balancing your helicopter for smooth flight. And one was a great explaination of how helicopters work with huge great pictures of a Sikorsky tilt-rotor prototype, a US Navy Seahawk and Navy Osprey. So I added the links as Cool Links of the Week and made an archive page for them so I can rotate them out each week and add new ones.
Not much, but the fun continues. Oh yea, Gimbal was jazzed that I wanted to feature his stuff. OMG, how could I not!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
I got a message from Dave Herbert!
Getting a bit hard to find the time and energy to blog lately. Important thing is to keep moving forward with the Show, adding tips and tip-vids, and contacting people to see if I can feature their helicopters on the front page. Last week I got no responses from people I thought for sure would reply so I had to put up one of my own projects, this week I got responses from two people. I have one article ready to go, it is queued up on the Friends and Stories page just waiting to jump to the front page on Saturday morning. Thanks Dan. Next one will line up for the next week unless I start getting so many I can change it twice a week.
Added an About This Site page saying why I put up this site. Basically I get bored waiting for another edition of RC Heli to come out and wanted to read more stories. There are many on the forums, but you have to dig and read quite a few to find the really neat ones. So for the ones I think are appropriate, I am sending messages and asking for permission to feature their helicopters. I think the stories are generally falling into three categories: beginner success stories, advanced flying with things to aspire to, and custom heli modifications.
The Tip of the Day started out like a blog, but vids were requested and I can totally see why. It is taking a lot of work to create, edit, and upload them, but I think it makes the site somewhat unique.
I got a message from Dave Herbert! He is totally a Legend! Definately belongs in the RC Hall of Fame. He visited the site and liked it.
From Dave:
"Thanks very kindly for your comments. I appreciate that. I took a look at your website and it is very nicely done. I also appreciate the Kudos you gave me on your special thanks page. That is very nice.I wish you the best of success with it and just hope you have fun doing it, as that is why I do it. ... If I can get enough responses for my tv show promotion, and pull it off, I should have you on as a guest."
That 'bout made my day!
Added an About This Site page saying why I put up this site. Basically I get bored waiting for another edition of RC Heli to come out and wanted to read more stories. There are many on the forums, but you have to dig and read quite a few to find the really neat ones. So for the ones I think are appropriate, I am sending messages and asking for permission to feature their helicopters. I think the stories are generally falling into three categories: beginner success stories, advanced flying with things to aspire to, and custom heli modifications.
The Tip of the Day started out like a blog, but vids were requested and I can totally see why. It is taking a lot of work to create, edit, and upload them, but I think it makes the site somewhat unique.
I got a message from Dave Herbert! He is totally a Legend! Definately belongs in the RC Hall of Fame. He visited the site and liked it.
From Dave:
"Thanks very kindly for your comments. I appreciate that. I took a look at your website and it is very nicely done. I also appreciate the Kudos you gave me on your special thanks page. That is very nice.I wish you the best of success with it and just hope you have fun doing it, as that is why I do it. ... If I can get enough responses for my tv show promotion, and pull it off, I should have you on as a guest."
That 'bout made my day!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Recorded the Wacky Hobby show Friday night, and got it edited and uploaded by Saturday morning. Perfectly good Friday night down the tube.
Got a new affiliate going with Wal-Mart. The idea was to have a link where someone could buy a Monster Funnoodle to make the fun toys I am designing out of it. But it turns out they do not have it on their online store. Amazon has the regular sized funnoodles though.
I will have to figure out other sources for foam. I like the RCFoam company, hopefully something will pan out there.
Also got a posative test of the Helmet Cam (besides the one of the 450 crashing) and it turned out to be a pretty good demonstration of Cak & Forth and Lazy 8s. That was not planned, I was just flying and warming up. When I fly back and forth the heli tends to drift away, so I was bringing it back inbetween. Later when I watched it they were almost perfect lazy 8s.
I always end up citting good parts out of the Wacky Hobby show, so I should go back and post the clips as extra footage. I think I'll do that right now.
Got a new affiliate going with Wal-Mart. The idea was to have a link where someone could buy a Monster Funnoodle to make the fun toys I am designing out of it. But it turns out they do not have it on their online store. Amazon has the regular sized funnoodles though.
I will have to figure out other sources for foam. I like the RCFoam company, hopefully something will pan out there.
Also got a posative test of the Helmet Cam (besides the one of the 450 crashing) and it turned out to be a pretty good demonstration of Cak & Forth and Lazy 8s. That was not planned, I was just flying and warming up. When I fly back and forth the heli tends to drift away, so I was bringing it back inbetween. Later when I watched it they were almost perfect lazy 8s.
I always end up citting good parts out of the Wacky Hobby show, so I should go back and post the clips as extra footage. I think I'll do that right now.
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